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Chandogya Upanishad 6.11

Chāndogyopaniṣad 6.11

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Sanskrit

6.11.1

asya somya mahato vṛkṣasya yo mūle abhyāhanyāj jīvan sraved yo madhye abhyāhanyāj jīvan sraved yo 'gre abhyāhanyāj jīvan sravet \
sa eṣa jīvenātmanānuprabhūtaḥ pepīyamāno modamānas tiṣṭhati \\611.1\

1. ‘Of this great tree, my dear, if some one should strike at the root, it would bleed, but still live. If some one should strike at its middle, it would bleed, but still live. If some one should strike at its top, it would bleed, but still live. Being pervaded by Ātman (Soul), it continues to stand, eagerly drinking in moisture and rejoicing.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.11.2

asya yad ekāṃ śākhāṃ jīvo jahāty atha sā śuṣyati \
dvitīyāṃ jahāty atha sā śuṣyati \
tṛtīyāṃ jahāty atha sā śuṣyati \
sarvaṃ jahāti sarvaḥ śuṣyati \\611.2\

2. If the life leaves one branch of it, then it dries up. It leaves a second; then that dries up. It leaves a third; then that dries up. It leaves the whole; the whole dries up. Even so, indeed, my dear, understand,’ said he.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

6.11.3

evam eva khalu somya viddhīti ha uvāca \
jīvāpetaṃ vāva kiledaṃ mriyate na jīvo mriyata iti \
sa ya eṣo 'ṇimaitad ātmyam idaṃ sarvam \
tat satyam \
sa ātmā \
tat tvam asi śvetaketo iti \
bhūya eva mā bhagavān vijñāpayatv iti \
tathā somyeti hovāca \\611.3\

3. ‘Verily, indeed, when life has left it, this body dies. The life does not die. That which is the finest essence—this whole world has that as its soul. That is Reality. That is Ātman (Soul). That art thou, Śvetaketu.’ ‘Do you, Sir, cause me to understand even more.’ ‘So be it, my dear,’ said he.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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